It’s the YG Action Fund’s first advertisement purchase: a radio spot that will run Friday through Tuesday evening declaring Kinzinger — a freshman — a “conservative rock in the fight against runaway government spending,” according to a script obtained by POLITICO.

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The advertisement is significant for several reasons. It lays bare that the super PAC — run by former top Cantor aide John Murray — isn’t afraid to get involved in divisive primaries between lawmakers on the same side of the aisle.

Without ever mentioning the 67-year-old Manzullo by name, the ad attempts to paint him as a part of the Washington of yesteryear - dubbing Kinzinger “the next generation of conservative leaders.”

“Adam Kinzinger is an important part of the next generation of conservative leaders,” YG Action Fund president John Murray said in a statement to POLITICO. “He’s cut spending, held the line against liberal efforts to raise taxes and he’s voted to repeal Obamacare. To change Washington and get the country back on track, we need Young Guns like Adam there to fight.”

The ad will air exactly one week after Cantor personally endorsed Kinzinger. In a statement, Cantor praised Kinzinger as “a new breed of conservative. He helped us turn the tide in the House of Representatives and reconnect with our tried and true conservative principles. Only when he and his fellow Republican freshmen arrived have we been able to change the debate in Washington from how much more are we going to spend—to—how much are we going to cut.”

The Kinzinger buy is the first of many upcoming pushes for the YG Action Fund, officials with the group said.

As the Supreme Court readies to take up the constitutionality of the new health care law, the super PAC and its charitable arm are currently polling the issue, preparing an advertisement and are planning an event for the end of the month to present the Republicans’ alternative proposals.

They also plan a push around Cantor’s small business tax cut, which will hit the floor in the coming weeks.

The idea is to have the YG Action Fund as an outpost of Cantor and McCarthy’s priorities, without the constraints of the Capitol. Supporting candidates like Kinzinger could help further solidify the standing of the No. 2 and No. 3 House Republicans with the younger tier of the party.

The super PAC has been quiet until now — it raised $255,000 in the final three months of 2011, with Murray setting its foundation. Brad Dayspring, who left Cantor’s Hill office earlier this month, will begin at the super PAC soon, and they’ll begin playing in Republican politics inside and outside the Beltway.

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China Watch’s content also raises questions about whether the partnership potentially runs afoul of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), which stipulates general guidelines about filing and labeling political propaganda.

“As a legal matter one gets into murky waters fairly quickly,” said Bill Reinsch, a member of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. “FARA was intended to address propaganda and lobbying, and, as always, there is a continuum of that kind of behavior, and drawing lines is difficult. Pieces that are overtly pushing a foreign government’s line fall at one end of the spectrum, but what about material that could best be construed as ‘information’?”

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It’s an issue that the USCC could find itself debating in the years to come, Reinsch said.

A representative in the Post’s online advertising department hung up on a Washington Free Beacon reporter who called to inquire about rates for a Post-branded site.

The Post’s communications director, Kris Coratti, defended the newspaper’s advertising policy: “The section is clearly labeled as advertising so that our readers know it is not Washington Post news content. As for what’s in the ads, we have always given advertisers wide latitude to have their say, whether the advertiser is a business, person, or a group. We have accepted the China Daily ads for many, many years under these standards.”

China Watch’s content also raises questions about whether the partnership potentially runs afoul of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), which stipulates general guidelines about filing and labeling political propaganda.

“As a legal matter one gets into murky waters fairly quickly,” said Bill Reinsch, a member of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. “FARA was intended to address propaganda and lobbying, and, as always, there is a continuum of that kind of behavior, and drawing lines is difficult. Pieces that are overtly pushing a foreign government’s line fall at one end of the spectrum, but what about material that could best be construed as ‘information’?”

Reinsch said that the Post’s deal with the Chinese wades into uncharted legal terrain.

“It’s an interesting question and one that is rarely asked, I suspect because the media is not all that excited about investigating itself,” he said.

It’s an issue that the USCC could find itself debating in the years to come, Reinsch said.

I guess a repost statement would be required at this point however perhaps it`s not an accident Perhaps Politico should open Chinese version of its popular American website. Even A greek version might add something towards political discourse.

runs afoul of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), which stipulates general guidelines about filing and labeling political propaganda.

“As a legal matter one gets into murky waters fairly quickly,” said Bill Reinsch, a member of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. “FARA was intended to address propaganda and lobbying, and, as always, there is a continuum of that kind of behavior

Kind of like Rupert Murdoch`s Fox News which is an elephant that is painted red, white and blue.

It's too bad that Cantor and his ilk didn't think there was too much spending during the Bush administration. Gee, what's different now? Oh, I forgot, President Obama is a Black man. What century do these Republicans walk in?

Do you?? exist?? I'm sure you know that todays southern repubs are yesterdays southern dems and they were all for holding down the blacks in the old south. Yes boss and all that!! they have not changed in 150yrs, just the name of their party.

That did not work for Cantor when he backed Kizer against Geary in the Henrico Commonwealth Attorney race. It backfired on him, even with all that money dumped into the campaign. Money is not everything and the voters will let you know it!!!

Rookie Congressmen are the ones who have corrupted mainstream Congress. Make no mistake, the Terrifying Errant Activist(TEA) party are alive and thriving in local and state politics. The Tea Party has strongholds like Virginia, Florida and Texas and want to lull the population to sleep while they maneuver their people into power. They are very active locally and control monies, local infrastructure and power. Everyone in America should get involved at the local level should take control locally and hold your politicians to account for everyone, not just the well-to-do, but everyone. If they have pledged to puppeteers like Grover Norquist, they should be suspect. America has been warned about the concentration of wealth in the hands of fewer and fewer people and the concentration of power in stricter, less compassionate hands.